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Narrow 27,002 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.
Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.
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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 5 |
| 1883 | 1 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 3 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1889 | 1 |
| 1891 | 2 |
| 1892 | 4 |
| 1893 | 2 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 1 |
| 1904 | 4 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1909 | 1 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 6 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1919 | 1 |
No stories match blight with these filters.
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:bight, light, alight, bright, flight, plight